Posted on 12/18/2020 11:49:14 AM PST by AggregateThreat
Marine Pfc. Austin Ferrell made headlines when he earned the title of deadliest shot at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, but the 21-year-old who grew up shooting in Culpepper, Virginia was actually hoping to shoot better than his record-breaking rifle qualification score.
Shooting an M16A4 rifle equipped with a 4X, fixed-power rifle combat optic, Ferrell broke the depot record for Table One rifle qualification in July with a total score of 248 out of 250.
The previous record on Table One — which includes shooting from the prone, kneeling and standing positions at target ranges of 200, 300 and 500 yards — was 247 out of 250.
(Excerpt) Read more at taskandpurpose.com ...
Iron sights. Just sayin’.
Sounds like a future Sniper. Go Marine and remember your Oath to the Constitution, whether foreign or domestic enemies.
When you consider the numbers of those who came before him this is still very impressive. A little luck was needed, but that is God-given skill.
No.
And one thing Marine...rest assured that traitor Biden will not be your CIC.
He did it with a 4X combat scope.
I shot 222 with iron sights and a saved round, which is barely expert. I read that the new optics have raised the average score by 5%. In the article it mentions that the guy’s platoon average score was 235. I think they are revamping the entire method of qualification also.
Semper Fi!
lol...speaking of Iron sights..that kinda brings up a sore spot with me....Back in ‘66 When the Army still qualified with the M-14 I was about to win my Basic Training Units Marksmanship Trophy when a Generals son that happened to be on sick call the day of testing went out the next day with 1 NCO and beat me by 1 point....He claimed he won because he'd shot a gun once with a scope...
ACOG! (Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight)
It’s mounted on an old style A2 with fixed butt stock. Don’t need magpul telescoping butt stocks or picatinny forearm to mount all that wannabe tac-ops junk.
if you’re like me, you probably now need readers to qualify.
I fired 241 with an M-14 with iron sights on pre-qual day at Parris Island in Feb 1968.
Qual Day we had a snowstorm. Blew snowflakes the size of quarters off my rear sights. Fired a 213 - bah humbug!
241 would have been the Recruit Range Record. Of course, I’d probably ended up a Sniper and got myself killed, instead of something nice and safe like being an 81 mortars FO/ Radio operator....
:-)
I shot 240 iron sites and they let me train as a primary marksmanship instructor (never taught anyone) and after training I got to shoot with Match M1s in a tournament.
The match M1s final distance on a round target (prone) was 600 yards, iron only. I didn’t place or anything but it was a good distraction on Okinawa.
Ha, ha, I did hold the recruit battalion record of 132 sit-ups in two minutes. Other than that, I wasn’t the greatest recruit.
Reader? I almost need braille!
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